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Contents
Introducing REX™............................................................................... 2
Installing the Batteries....................................................................... 3
Getting Started ................................................................................... 4
To Turn REX On or Off .................................................................................................... 4
To Use the Keypad .......................................................................................................... 4
Connecting Your REX Card to a PC.................................................. 5
To Use a PC Card Slot .................................................................................................... 5
To Use the REX Docking Station..................................................................................... 5
Synchronizing Your REX Card .......................................................... 6
Using the Home Screen ..................................................................... 7
V iewing the Calendar ......................................................................... 8
To Use the Daily View...................................................................................................... 8
To Use the Weekly View..................................................................................................8
To Use the Monthly View ................................................................................................. 9
Viewing Contacts ............................................................................. 10
To View Cardfiles and Cards ......................................................................................... 10
To Sort the Cards........................................................................................................... 11
To Change the Phone Number Display ......................................................................... 11
V iewing the To Do List ..................................................................... 12
To View To Do Items...................................................................................................... 12
To Mark Completed To Do Items ................................................................................... 12
Viewing Memos ................................................................................ 13
Using the Home and World Clocks................................................. 14
To Change Cities and Time Zones ................................................................................ 14
To Change the Times .................................................................................................... 14
To Set the Alarm ............................................................................................................ 15
Changing Y our Preferences ............................................................ 16
To Change Preferences................................................................................................. 16
To Check the Memory.................................................................................................... 16
Using Password Protection............................................................. 17
Resetting Your REX Card ................................................................ 18
T aking Care of REX.......................................................................... 18
To Clean the Screen ...................................................................................................... 18
To Protect Your REX Card.............................................................................................18
To Call Technical Support..............................................................................................18
Index.................................................................................................. 21
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Introducing
The REX™ PC Companion is a revolutionary device that lets you bring your organizer
information wherever you go.
Use REX to Stay in Sync
Using REX T rueSync™ Information Manager , you can organize your calendar events,
contacts, memos, and other information on
your laptop or desktop computer . Then use
the T rueSync synchronization software to
transfer that information to your credit-cardsized REX PC Companion.
REX T rueSync Information Manager even
enables you to import files from Microsoft
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Outlook 97/98, Microsoft Schedule+ 7.0,
7.0a, 7.5, Lotus Organizer
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97/97GS,
ACT!
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3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, Sidekick® 98, and
other formats, and then synchronize those
files to your REX PC Companion.
Use REX With Your Laptop
or Desktop Computer
If you have a laptop or other computer with
a Type II PCMCIA card slot, synchronizing
your information can be as easy as inserting
your REX PC Companion into a PC card
slot and then running the T rueSync synchronization software on your computer.
If you have desktop or other computer that
does not have a PC card slot, use the REX
Docking Station to connect the REX PC
Companion to your computer , and then run
the T rueSync synchronization software on
your computer .
Use REX to Stay Organized
Once your information has been synchronized,
you can use the REX PC Companion to:
• view your appointments, meetings, birthdays, and other scheduled events,
• find the names, addresses, phone numbers,
e-mail addresses, and other information of
your business and personal contacts,
• keep track of your To Do items (calls,
tasks, etc.), as well as mark To Do items
when they are done,
• keep your home time and date, as well as
the time and dates of eight cities around
the world,
• read memos and notes,
• change the date and time displays, alarm
options, and other preferences, and
• set a password to secure the information
on your REX PC Companion.
How to Use REX
To learn how to use the REX PC Companion, read this user’s guide. To learn how to
use REX T rueSync Information Manager,
read its user’s guide. If you’re using the
REX Docking Station, a separate user’s
guide is provided.
For more information about the REX PC
Companion and REX Docking Station, visit
the REX Web site at http://www.
franklin.com/rex. For more information
about T rueSync, visit http://
www.starfish.com.
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Installing the Batteries
The REX PC Companion (i.e., card) is
powered by two CR2025, 3-volt batteries.
New batteries can power the REX card for
up to six months of normal use.
WARNING If the batteries lose all power,
information stored in your REX card may
be erased. Also, avoid removing both batteries at the same time. If you do, the information stored in your REX card may be erased.
1. Lay the REX card on a flat surface
with its screen facing down.
2. Insert the tip of an opened paper clip
into the small hole in one of the battery
compartment doors.
3. Press the door toward its hinge (motion #1) and then gently press the door
outward at a 45º angle (motion #2).
WARNING The battery compartment
doors must be opened with care. Never
force a door downward or upward, into the
REX card, or more than 90º open. We recommend that you rest a finger against the
door to prevent it from opening too far .
4. Tilt the REX card so that the battery
slides out.
5. Insert a new battery with its positive (+)
side facing the screen.
6. Gently close the battery compartment
door until it snaps shut.
If your REX card fails to operate properly ,
you can perform a reset (see page 18).
7. Install the other battery.
When to Replace the Batteries
When you turn on your REX card, a
battery icon momentarily appears on
the status bar at the bottom left of the
screen.
When the batteries are low on power ,
the battery icon appears half full and
flashes. You should replace the batteries at that time.
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Overhead view
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Getting Started
in the Calendar , it cycles through the
Daily, Weekly, and Monthly views. In
the Contacts, it cycles through multiple cardfiles. In the To Do List, it
cycles through your Calls, Tasks, etc.
SELECT
The Select key selects an item or
changes a setting. For example at the
Preferences screen, it lets you change
alarm sounds, the password, and
other settings. At the Home Clock/
World Clock screen, it lets you
change times and time zones. In the
Monthly Calendar view, it starts a
highlight to select a date. In the To
Do List, it checks a To Do item when
it’ s completed.
UP DOWN
The Up and Down keys scroll or move
the highlight or setting up, down, left,
or right. For example, they move the
highlight left or right on the Home
screen so that you can select a main
function. In the To Do List, they scroll
the highlight up or down.
T o Turn REX On or Off
1. To turn on the REX card,
press any one of its five keys.
2. To turn off the REX card,
hold down
at the Home screen.
T o Use the Keypad
The REX card has five keys that you use to
select and view information. Do not touch
its screen to operate the REX card. To repeat a keystroke, simply hold down a key.
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HOME
You can hold down the Home key to
return to the Home screen from other
screens. When you hold down the
Home key at the Home screen, the
REX card will turn off.
VIEW
The View key changes the view
within a main function. For example,
About the Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this user’s
guide may not exactly match what you
see on the REX screen. This does not
mean that your REX card is malfunctioning.
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Connecting Your REX Card to a PC
Before you can synchronize (i.e., transfer or
download) information to your REX card,
you must first connect the REX card to your
computer .
You can connect to a laptop or desktop computer by inserting the REX card into a Type
II PCMCIA card slot or by using the REX
Docking Station. The docking station lets
you connect the REX card to a serial communications (COM) port on your computer .
You cannot use its keypad when the REX
card is connected to a computer .
T o Use a PC Card Slot
1. Locate an empty Type II PCMCIA
card slot on your computer.
If your laptop computer does not have a PC
card slot, you may be able use the REX
Docking Station to connect to a serial port.
2. Slide the REX card into the slot until a
connection tone sounds or a PC card
icon appears on the Windows Taskbar.
You can enable or disable the tone and
icon using the PC card item in the Windows Control Panel.
3. To learn how to synchronize information
to the REX card, read “Synchronizing
Your REX Card” on page 6.
4. Remove the REX card from the PC
card slot in your computer.
T o Use the REX Docking Station
1. Using the provided serial cable, connect
the REX Docking Station (with its batteries installed) to a serial communications (COM) port on your computer.
To learn how, read the REX Docking Station User’s Guide.
2. With its scr een facing you, align your
REX card with the card slot in the
docking station.
3. In one quick, firm motion, slide the REX
card into the slot in the docking station
until the connection tone sounds and
“Ready” appears on the REX screen.
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4. To learn how to synchronize information
to the REX card, read “Synchronizing
Your REX Card” on page 6.
5. To remove the REX card from the
docking station, press the eject button
beneath the card slot.
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Synchronizing Your REX Card
Once the REX card is connected to your
computer , you can synchronize (i.e., transfer
or download) information from your computer to the REX card using the T rueSync
synchronization software.
CAUTION When you synchronize information to your REX card, all information previously stored in it is erased and replaced with
the information and preferences selected on
the REX TrueSync Configuration W izard.
1. If not done already , connect the REX
card to your computer.
2. If not done already, install and start
REX TrueSync Information Manager
on your computer.
To learn how, read the REX TrueSync Information Manager User’s Guide.
3. If you are synchronizing for the first time,
or want to change the synchronization
configurations, you must complete the
REX T rueSync Configuration Wizard.
Right click the T rueSync
icon on the
Windows taskbar and choose Configure,
or choose Tools | Synchronize | T rueSync
from its menus, click Configure, and then
complete the configuration wizard. To
learn how to complete the configuration
wizard, read the REX T rueSync Informa-
tion Manager User’s Guide.
4. If you have completed the configuration wizard, and do not want to change
its settings, click Synchronize in the
Starfish T rueSync window.
If you are not at the Starfish T rueSync win-
dow, click the TrueSync
icon on the
right of the deskpad or choose Tools | Synchronize | T rueSync from the menus.
TIP To go directly to the Synchronizing
REX window, click the T rueSync
icon at the bottom right of the REX T rueSync Information Manager deskpad.
5. In the Synchronizing REX window,
click Start.
6. If a password is enabled on the REX
card, click the five-key password combination, and then click OK.
CAUTION Do not remove the REX
card from the PC card slot or docking station while it is synchronizing.
7. When the synchronizing is complete,
remove the REX card from the PC
card slot or docking station.
Using T rueSync from the Taskbar
You can synchronize your REX card, or
change the synchronization configurations, without starting REX T rueSync Information Manager . To do that, you use
the REX T rueSync
icon on the Windows taskbar at the bottom right of the
screen.
To synchronize your REX card, doubleclick the REX T rueSync icon on the
taskbar and then click Start.
To change the synchronization configurations, right-click the REX T rueSync
icon on the taskbar and then select Configure from the pop-up menu.
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The Home screen is where you select a
main function (e.g., Calendar , Contacts,
Memos) and view the local date and time.
From the Home screen, you can also view
the personal information that identifies your
REX card. You enter this information in the
REX T rueSync Configuration Wizard on
your computer, and it is synchronized to
your REX card.
T o Select a Main Function
1. Press or hold down until the Home
screen appears.
This is the Home screen. The calendar
icon displays the date of the local (i.e.,
currently selected) time. The clock icon
displays the local time.
2. Use
or to highlight an icon.
3. Press
to select that function.
4. Press
to return to the Home screen.
5. Press
to view the personal identifi-
cation information.
6. Press to return to the Home screen.
Using the Home Screen
Calendar
Contacts
To Do List
Memos
Preferences
Home or World Clock
Alarm Bell
Home or Flag
Local Date and Time
View
Scroll
Understanding the Status Bar
The information displayed at the bottom of
the screen is called the status bar.
The battery icon appears at startup to
indicate that the batteries have sufficient power . If it appears half full and
flashes, the batteries are low on power .
The alarm bell icon indicates that the
alarm sound is turned on.
The home or flag icon indicates if the
Home or World Clock is selected as the
local time.
The view icon indicates that you can
use the View key
at a screen.
The scroll arrow icons indicate that you
can use
or to scroll up or down.
Battery
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Viewing the Calendar
Using the calendar, you can view appointments, birthdays, and other events that were
entered in REX T rueSync Information Manager or another PC organizer and then synchronized to your REX card.
The calendar has a daily, weekly , and
monthly view. To cycle through the calendar views, use
.
Calendar events can also have alarms to remind you when an event occurs. To learn
more, read “Using Reminder Alarms” on
page 9.
T o Use the Daily V iew
1. At the Home scr een, use or to
highlight the calendar icon.
2. Press
to go to the daily view .
The date that appears is that of the currently selected Local T ime.
3. Use
or to view the next or
previous day.
4. Press
to highlight a calendar event.
You can undo the highlight by pressing
.
5. Use
or to scroll down or up.
Bell icons indicate calendar events with
reminder alarms.
6. To scroll to the next or previous day,
continue holding down
or .
7. Press
to view a highlighted event.
8. Press to return to the daily view.
T o Use the Weekly View
1. If needed, select the calendar icon from
the Home screen.
2. Press
until the weekly view appears.
In the weekly view, calendar events appear as dark bars indicating their time
range.
3. To go to the next or previous week,
use
or .
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